Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 976
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/03/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (667992) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 4 and 5
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section
    7  400.471, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         400.471 Application for license; fee.—
    9         (2) In addition to the requirements of part II of chapter
   10  408, the initial applicant must file with the application
   11  satisfactory proof that the home health agency is in compliance
   12  with this part and applicable rules, including:
   13         (h) In the case of an application for initial licensure,
   14  documentation of accreditation, or an application for
   15  accreditation, from an accrediting organization that is
   16  recognized by the agency as having standards comparable to those
   17  required by this part and part II of chapter 408. A home health
   18  agency that is not Medicare or Medicaid certified and does not
   19  provide skilled care is exempt from this paragraph.
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   21  Notwithstanding s. 408.806, an applicant that has applied for
   22  accreditation must provide proof of accreditation that is not
   23  conditional or provisional within 120 days after the date of the
   24  agency’s receipt of the application for licensure or the
   25  application shall be withdrawn from further consideration. Such
   26  accreditation must be maintained by the home health agency to
   27  maintain licensure. The agency shall accept, in lieu of its own
   28  periodic licensure survey, the submission of the survey of an
   29  accrediting organization that is recognized by the agency if the
   30  accreditation of the licensed home health agency is not
   31  provisional and if the licensed home health agency authorizes
   32  releases of, and the agency receives the report of, the
   33  accrediting organization.
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   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete line 70
   38  and insert:
   39         An act relating to home health care; amending s.
   40         400.471, F.S.; exempting certain home health agencies
   41         from specified licensure application requirements;
   42         amending s.